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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to implement stricter border enforcement measures during his meeting with Donald Trump last week after the president-elect threatened to implement a 25-percent tariff on imports unless more was done.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was seated at the head table with Trudeau and President-elect Trump, stated that the two leaders discussed new security measures that Canada plans to implement, Reuters reported.”We’re going to look to procure, for example, additional drones, additional police helicopters, we’re going to redeploy personnel … we believe that the border is secure,” he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

“It’s important, I think, to show Canadians and the Americans that we’re stepping up in a visible and muscular way, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” he added, pledging to provide more details in the days and weeks to come, the outlet reported.

He also argued that tariffs would harm both nations due to their interconnected economies, as 75 percent of Canada’s exports are to the U.S.

“I’m confident that the Americans will understand that it’s not in their interest … to proceed in this way,” he said, adding that the dinner was very cordial and both leaders were amicable.

On Saturday, Trump said his meeting with Trudeau incorporated discussions about the border, trade, and energy, which he described as “very productive.”

Following the dinner, LeBlanc said Trump walked his Canadian counterpart to his vehicle and said “Keep in touch. Call me anytime. Talk soon.”

While the southwestern border with Mexico has been much more porous throughout President Joe Biden’s term, there was also a substantial uptick in illegal crossings into the U.S. from Canada. During his successful campaign, Trump railed about the “open borders” and vowed to re-implement his policies on his first day in office after Biden reversed them on his first day.

Trump also threatened a 25-percent tariff on Mexico if that country failed to do more to secure its own borders, which also led to productive discussions with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

“There will be no potential tariff war,” Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefing, Fox News noted.

Trump said on Wednesday that Sheinbaum had committed to halting illegal immigration into the United States. On the same day, Sheinbaum shared on social media that “we take care of caravans and migrants before they reach the border.”

“Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border. We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. consumption of these drugs. It was a very productive conversation!”

In a subsequent post, Trump said that: “Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately. THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD STOPPING THE ILLEGAL INVASION OF THE USA. Thank you!!!”

Sheinbaum said in a post on X that she had a phone chat with Trump about “strengthening collaboration on security issues” and that the exchange was “excellent.”

In a post on X, Sheinbaum said she explained the “comprehensive strategy” Mexico has employed to address the “the migration phenomenon, respecting human rights.”

“Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they reach the border,” she wrote. “We reiterate that Mexico’s position is not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and between peoples.”

The next issue will be to address the materials China is providing the Mexican-based drug cartels which they use in the manufacture of deadly fentanyl, a drug that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually, Trump noted.

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